A hard-edge helium balloon, Home alone, flying soon. Independent at eighteen, A no crown queen. I’m at the precipice, Tolerable by the wind. A shriek panic, A ponder mistake. I love being a lone spirit, But that does not mean I hate love….
Category: Official Marathon Announcement
Prompt Four – I just want to be your Priority
Text prompt: Nancy Anne Smith suggested this subject for a prompt we do every year. Your challenge is to write a poem about the topic of marriage, without ever using the word marriage, and while also ideally avoiding the words spouse, husband, and wife. …
Threshold
It’s more than a day, it’s a lifetime. A commitment to have and to hold. More than a dream, this is real, babe. And it’s been said fortune favors the bold. More than a promise worth keeping, it’s deep trust that’s more precious than gold….
Hour 4: Write a poem about the topic of marriage, without ever using the word marriage, and while also ideally avoiding the words spouse, husband, and wife.
Point B and Point A facing opposite poles on the same mattressed board strings attached silent words convoluted phrases that meander into the sea of nothingness “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said…
Hour 4: Joining Together
A cute enterprising couple Decided to join lives They got along very well So their futures they combined. They had a lavish ceremony Where they said, “I do!” They traveled home together Lined up their varied shoes. Each day was spent with lots of love…
MY MARRIAGE – #4
He is her safe harbour in every storm She eats all the chocolate He keeps house while she dreams of creating beauty An echo of the life she lives still in the honeymoon when she wakes beside him looks at his sleeping face and remembers…
Hour 1 – Out of nowhere.
Prompt 1 Out of Nowhere! (First two lines from Selkie Weaning Young (Redux) by Diana Khoi Nguyen This is how she found us the past draped about us like a cloak, she offered a helping hand soon the weight of the past…
Remember Your Worth
Remember Your Worth Dedicated to the First Nations of USA “We’re Worth It Too” Society may not think we are. But we are. We are adorned by the stars with turquoise. Entrusted to keep the land safe. Looked up to for wisdom. …
“Bow Wow This!”
Belvedere, my partially mechanical dog is my honey bun. Hate him! Oh, but I need him (Sacre bleu. I forget he can read.) Anyway, I never wear “Daisy Dukes”. You know those short, short, too short shorts he would love to see me in. I’m…
Hour 3- Cows, Ducks, and Starshine
You are pulling my leg, I might have a cow. I’d get bent out of shape, If I only knew how. I think my mind is heading towards the moon with the cow! Oh no! I have reached the stars. Looking around, I see the…